God bless America
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4.0
- idiom
- US
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Dios bendiga a América
- May God bless America.
Examples
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Thanks to all of our troops, no matter where they served. God bless America.
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God bless America and all of our military men and women.
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God bless America and guide her.
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God bless America and everyone that stands up for her.
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God Bless America, land of the free, justice and liberty for all peoples.
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Thank each and every one of our US servicemen, and may God bless you and God bless America!
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At the ceremony, many participants stood proudly as they sang God bless America to show their patriotism.
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After the game, the crowd erupted in applause while the band played God bless America.
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During the memorial service, the community came together to reflect on their values and sang God bless America.
Synonyms
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3.5
A song for a country, school, or religion that shows love and loyalty
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase directly combines 'God' (deity) + 'bless' (to bestow favor) + 'America' (the nation) to express a wish that God favor the United States, so its meaning is compositionally derivable from the parts. This optative/blessing construction is cross-linguistically common and therefore a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand the intended patriotic/blessing sense (even if they also recognize it as a song title).
Etymology
God bless America began as a short prayer asking God to watch over the country. Irving Berlin later wrote a popular song with that name, and people now say or sing God bless America to 'show love or support' for the United States.